The Presidential Committee on Prisons Reform and Decongestion and the Edo Government have secured the release of 84 inmates from various prisons in the state.
DSP Aminu Suleman, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the state Command of the Nigerian Prisons Service, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Benin.
Suleman said that the release of the inmates was secured in the course of a decongestion tour of the prisons, which began on March 20 when a committee, led by FCT Chief Judge, Justice Ishaq Bello, visited the prisons.
He added that the documentation and final release of the last batch of the inmates was concluded on March 26.
“The number of inmates released from the various prisons are: MSP Oko 22; Benin Prisons (old) 33; Ozalla Farm Centre 3; Auchi Prison 7; Female Prison Auchi 1; Ubiaja Prison 3; Ogba Farm Project, 15.
“The inmates were advised to re-enter the free society with apologies to their parents and other loved ones for…
